BlackenedEyes
Chiisai Sakana
- 11 Feb 2005
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I just heard a new expression and i'm wondering what it means...
ano ona no hito wa "Christmas Cake" desu
ano ona no hito wa "Christmas Cake" desu
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BlackenedEyes said:I just heard a new expression and i'm wondering what it means...
ano ona no hito wa "Christmas Cake" desu
epigene said:Hi,
Kirei is correct, but more correctly, a woman who is a "Christmas cake" is one who loses value (in terms of attractiveness, youth, etc.) when she hits 25.
Please note that this expression is already obsolete. Women begin to worry around 35 these days.
epigene said:Hi,
Kirei is correct, but more correctly, a woman who is a "Christmas cake" is one who loses value (in terms of attractiveness, youth, etc.) when she hits 25.
Please note that this expression is already obsolete. Women begin to worry around 35 these days.
No one wants to buy Chirstmas cake when Christmas is over (Dec. 25), of course!!Dekamaster said:Just curious, why is losing value "in terms of attractiveness, youth, etc" equated with a Christmas Cake ?
Q finds her groove in NY
By Jiro Adachi
NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , New York
Monday, Jan 31, 2005,Page 16
.. on and on..
"If you are an unmarried woman older than 25," said Jun Takama, a 41-year-old who has lived in New York, mostly in Chelsea, since 1996, "people refer to you as Niju-go nichi sugita Kurisumasu keiki." Translation: you're a Christmas cake, because no one wants you after "25.
.. on and on...
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it would go someway to explain why alot of japanese women who arnt uber young seem to end up with american/western husbands ^ ~ ^
just a theory...